Then & Now: Valentine’s Day cards
Exchanging valentine cards on Valentine’s Day is a custom that began in the 16th century and continues today. Esther Howland, whose father owned a stationery…
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More than a marker: Effort takes shape to restore obelisk with complex history
Before there was a prison overlooking a meatpacking plant, before there was anything more than a cavalry fort in downtown Sioux Falls, there was a…
Longtime Westmoor Music leaders reflect as one of Empire Mall’s oldest businesses closes
Astounded and chagrinned, Art Slumskie walked out of his meeting with Darrell Schultz. He thought his interview to be a salesman at Westmoor Music had…
Then & Now: The Empire Mall
Ever since it held its grand opening as the Sioux Empire Plaza on Sept. 24, 1975, The Empire Mall has seen ongoing changes as businesses…
Then & Now: Downtown Christmas scenes
Christmas lights draped across Phillips Avenue and hanging from light posts have been a holiday tradition in downtown for decades. Over the years, however, their…
Local writer’s latest work blends family history with WWII-era tale
Everyone has a story. Jim Smorada believes that heart and soul. Aided and abetted by a deep emotional connection to a time, place and people,…
Then & Now: Caring for our veterans
The first building on what is now the VA Medical Center campus belonged to Columbus College, a private institution. It had been founded by the…
Then & Now: Celebrating Halloween
Children in the Sioux Falls area have been dressing up for Halloween for decades. Siouxland Heritage Museums shared photographs from two albums in its collection….
Photographic journey offers look at downtown Sioux Falls of years gone by
By Jill Callison, for Pigeon605 Second-graders at Laura B. Anderson Elementary ventured out on their first field trip this fall, one that took them back…
Pizza shop mural to feature local notable figures
Mr. Bendo, Captain 11, lawyer Scott Hoy and other notable figures in the story of Sioux Falls will live on through a new mural on…
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